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Attractions and sights in Vienna - an overview and information on the highlights of the Austrian capital
A city trip to Vienna is at the top of the wish list for many Europeans, but also for other international tourists from Asia and overseas.
Not without reason, as the city of Vienna has a lot to offer in terms of sights and attractions.
Whether historic buildings and palaces such as Schönbrunn Palace or Belvedere Palace (where one of Gustav Klimt’s most famous paintings, The Kiss, is exhibited), museums such as the Albertina, amusement parks such as the Vienna Prater with its Ferris wheel or other attractions such as the Haus des Meeres – Vienna proves that it is one of the most interesting and beautiful cities in the world and therefore well worth a visit.
Numerous tours invite visitors to Vienna to explore historic buildings and places, parks and sights. Information and dates.
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1. a multimedia journey through Vienna
Time Travel offers you a special kind of tour.
Experience Vienna’s history and historic sites with the help of a 5D cinema, animatronic wax figures, various rides and multimedia shows as well as extraordinary sound and light effects.
Time Travel also has something very special for you in the shopping cart with Sissi’s Amazing Journey. More information and tickets.
Time Travel Vienna is located in the heart of Vienna.
During your visit, you will be given a multimedia overview of Vienna’s 2,000-year history.
You will also get a taste of Vienna’s most important sights.
Time Travel Vienna – 237,144 visitors were inspired by Time Travel 2019!
Info about Time Travel Vienna
Address: Habsburgergasse 10A, 1010 Vienna, near Graben
Phone: +43 1 5321514
E-Mail: office@timetravel-vienna.at
2. the historic center of Vienna
Almost 8 million visitors came to Vienna in 2019 . Vienna’s elegant city center, where most of the sights such as St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the Vienna State Opera, the Hofburg and Vienna City Hall are located, is of course the first port of call.
The historic center of the Austrian capital – a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001 – consists of a core zone and an outer zone and covers 8.33 km². Part of the historic center, namely the 1st district (Innere Stadt) and the Ringstrasse, is also registered as a protected cultural asset under the Hague Convention.
More information about the historic city center of Vienna
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3rd Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral
The St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Viennawhose actual name is “Dom- und Metropolitankirche zu St. Stephan und allen Heiligen” is located at Stephansplatz 3 (Innere Stadt district).
The Viennese landmark has been a cathedral church (seat of a cathedral chapter) since 1365, a cathedral (bishop’s seat) since 1469/1479 and a metropolitan church of the Archbishop of Vienna since 1723 (source: Wikipedia) and is also considered an Austrian national shrine.
The cathedral, affectionately called “Steffl” by the Viennese, is named after St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
The 109-metre-long and 72-metre-wide building offers free access up to the black grid, where the church space is separated from the entrance area.
This makes it difficult to record visitor numbers.
Around 6.4 million visitors are expected in 2019, a record year for tourism , which undoubtedly makes St. Stephen’s Cathedral one of the top sights in Vienna.
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Info about St. Stephen’s Cathedral Vienna
Address: Stephansplatz, 1010 Vienna
Web: http://www.stephanskirche.at
Phone: +43 1 515 52 3054
4th Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is one of the best opera houses in the world. Around 628,000 visitors in 2019 bear witness to this. This includes both opera visits and guided tours. The “First House on the Ring”, as the Vienna State Opera is known, was opened on May 25, 1869 with a premiere of Mozart’s Don Juan. Severely damaged during the Second World War and rebuilt after the war, it reopened on November 5, 1955 with Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven under the direction of Karl Böhm. Since then, the greatest stars of the opera world have performed at the Vienna State Opera to this day.
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Info about the Vienna State Opera
Address: Opernring 2, 1010 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 514 44-2250
E-mail: information@wiener-staatsoper.at
Guided tours of the Vienna State Opera
5th Vienna Hofburg
The building complex of the Vienna Hofburgwhich covers an area of around 24 hectares, includes around 17 different art museums, the Hofburg Chapel, the Augustinian Church and large parts of the Austrian National Library.
The Hofburg is the largest non-religious building complex in Europe and provides accommodation and work for around 5,000 people.
The Imperial Apartments with the Sisi Museum are located at the main entrance.
In 2017, almost 800,000 guests visited the former Habsburg residence to see how Sisi and Franz Joseph lived.
The Vienna Hofburg is home to other attractions such as the Imperial Treasury and the Spanish Riding School and, together with the Burggarten and Heldenplatz , is visited by around 20 million people every year.
Since 1946, the Vienna Hofburg has also been the official residence of the Austrian Federal President.
More information about the Hofburg Vienna
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6th Vienna Ringstrasse
We highly recommend taking a walk along Vienna’s Ringstrasse (or Ring for short) .
This is the approximately 5 km long magnificent 19th century boulevard that surrounds Vienna’s city center.
You can do this on foot, very classically as in those days in a horse-drawn carriage, with the Viennese streetcars no. 1 and 2, with the Vienna Ring Tram, in a sightseeing bus, jogging, with an e-scooter or with a rental bike .
Although Vienna’s Ringstrasse is not a sight in the literal sense, it is certainly an attraction.
Along its course you can marvel at a number of Vienna’s sights such as the Vienna State Opera, the Hofburg, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, the Natural History Museum, the Parliament, the City Hall, the Burgtheater, the University of Vienna and many more.
More information about the Vienna Ringstrasse
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7th Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace is one of the top sights in Vienna. The palace, which is located just outside the center of Vienna with its extensive park, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Schönbrunn Palace recorded around 4,255,000 visitors from all over the world in 2019, making it one of Vienna’s main sights. The magnificent palace was built in its current form in the 18th century as a summer residence for Archduchess Maria Theresa and subsequently served as a summer residence for all subsequent generations of the Habsburg dynasty.
Today, the castle can be visited all year round. During the guided tours, you will be led through the historic rooms by a guide, while multilingual audio guides are available for international guests. The castle park is also open all year round and has a lot to offer its visitors as a recreational area. With its monuments and attractions such as the Palm House, the zoo and the Butterfly House, Schönbrunn Palace is ideally equipped for a visit by the whole family. The main entrance is located at Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Vienna.
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Information about Schönbrunn Palace
Address: Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 811 13-0
Web: https://www.schoenbrunn.at/
E-mail: info@schoenbrunn.at
8th Schönbrunn Zoo
The Schönbrunn Zoo was founded by the Habsburgs in 1752 and is the oldest zoo in the world still in operation.
It is located on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, covers an area of 17 hectares and is home to around 7,800 animals from 700 species.
The zoo welcomes around 2.3 million visitors every year, with families with children and big animal lovers particularly drawn to the beautiful grounds.
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Info about Schönbrunn Zoo
Address: Maxingstraße 13b, 1130 Vienna
Web: https://www.zoovienna.at/
E-mail: office@zoovienna.at
Phone: +43 1 877 92 94-0
9th Belvedere Palace
The Belvedere Palace is a baroque palace complex built between 1714 and 1723 for Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736).
It consists of two buildings, the Upper Belvedere and the Lower Belvedere.
The two palace buildings house the Austrian Belvedere Gallery, a collection of Austrian art from many centuries, as well as rooms for temporary exhibitions.
In 2019, 1.7 million visitors came to see one of the most expensive paintings in the world: “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt.
On May 15, 1955, the Austrian State Treaty was signed in the Upper Belvedere.
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Info about Belvedere Palace
Upper Belvedere Address: Prinz Eugen-Straße 27, 1030 Vienna | Lower Belvedere Address: Rennweg 6, 1030 Vienna |
Info about Belvedere Palace
| Upper BelvedereAddress: Prinz Eugen-Straße 27, 1030 Vienna Phone: +43 1 795 57-0Web: https://www.belvedere.at/E-mail: info@belvedere.at |
| Lower BelvedereAddress: Rennweg 6, 1030 Vienna Phone: +43 1 795 57-0E-mail: info@belvedere.atWeb: https://www.belvedere.at/ |
10th Vienna Prater and Giant Ferris Wheel
The Vienna Prater belongs to the category of experiences and activities.
If you look at the map of Vienna, you can see that it is located in the Leopoldstadt district, in the heart of Vienna.
It is a mostly freely accessible area of around 6 km² and consists of the amusement park, the so-called “Wurstelprater”, and the recreation park, which largely consists of the meadows along the Danube . The amusement park is home to the Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel is one of Vienna’s landmarks.
In 2018, 840,000 people enjoyed the great view of the city on the Danube. Interesting detail: On January 27, 1978, the “Green” Prater was placed under landscape protection.
The Vienna Prater offers recreation for the whole family as well as over 250 attractions for young and old.
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Info about the Vienna Prater
Address: Riesenradplatz 2, A-1020 Vienna Phone: +43 1 729 20 00E-mail: info@praterwien.comWeb:https://www.praterwien.com/startseiteEven more tips for the TOP sights in Vienna
11th Kahlenberg Vienna
Not a tourist attraction, but worth seeing. No visit to Vienna is complete without a view from the Kahlenberg. The close connection between Vienna and wine quickly becomes clear when you look out over the extensive vineyards or go wine hiking on the Kahlenberg. Afterwards you can enjoy the good Viennese cuisine at the Heurigen in Grinzing .
Find out more about Kahlenberg Vienna
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12th Hundertwasser House
The colorful Hundertwasserhaus is a residential complex built by the municipality of Vienna between 1983 and 1985.
It can only be viewed from the outside, so there are no visitor numbers. It is worth finding out more about the “Viennese Gaudí” in the small information center .
The “Hundertwasser Village” offers coffee and cake as well as lots of souvenirs.
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Information about the Hundertwasserhaus
Address: Kegelgasse 36-38, 1030 ViennaWeb: http://www.hundertwasserhaus.info13th Albertina
Claude Monet’s “Water Lily Pond” and Albrecht Dürer’s “Hands Folded in Prayer” and “Field Hare” are familiar to all art lovers.
You can marvel at these works – and much more – at the Albertina.
It is considered one of Vienna’s top museums and boasts the largest collection of graphic art in the world. 1 million visitors enjoyed it in 2019 .
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Info about the Albertina
Address: Albertinaplatz. 1, 1010 Vienna
Tel.: +43 1 01 53483
E-mail: info@albertina.at
Web: https://www.albertina.at
14th Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM)
Another top museum is the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (KHM for short). In 2019, 1.7 million visitors came to see the private collections of the Habsburgs.
Here you can take a look at famous paintings by Bruegel, Rubens, Rembrandt, Rafael, Titian, Velazquez, Vermeer and many other world-famous artists.
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Information about the Kunsthistorisches Museum
Address: Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna
Phone: +43 01 525240
E-mail: info@khm.at
Web: https://www.khm.at
15th Natural History Museum (NHM)
Right opposite the KHM you will find the Natural History Museum (NHM for short). It displays the natural history collections of the Habsburgs and is one of the most important natural history museums in the world with more than 30 million objects in its collection.
You can marvel at dinosaurs, rare animals, magnificent crystals and, last but not least, the Venus of Willendorf, Austria’s most famous archaeological find.
In 2019, the NHM welcomed 841,869 visitors .
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Information about the Natural History Museum
Address: Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna
Phone:+43 01 521770
E-mail: info@nhm-wien.ac.at
Web: https://nhm-wien.ac.at
16th MuseumsQuartier
The MuseumsQuartier consists of several museums – the most visited is the Leopold Museum, which attracted around 500,000 visitors in 2018.
It has the largest Schiele exhibition in the world.
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Info about the Museumsquartier
Address: Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
Phone: +43 01 5235881
E-mail: office@mqw.at
Web: https://www.mqw.at
17th Secession
The Secession – an exhibition building – is home to the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt, among other things.
The most recent visitor figures are from 2014 and amount to 116,837 people.
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Info about the Secession
Address: Friedrichstraße 12, 1010 Vienna
Phone: +43 01 5875307
E-mail: office@secession.at
Web: https://www.secession.at
18th Naschmarkt
The Naschmarkt is the largest inner-city market in Vienna , covering 2,315 hectares. With its broad menu, it attracts both locals and guests from all over the world.
It is multicultural and the restaurants and pubs invite you to have breakfast, lunch and dinner .
More information about the Naschmarkt
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19th Karlskirche
The Karlskirche is not only the largest baroque church in the city, but also a real Viennese landmark.
It is no wonder that the church, built in the first half of the 18th century, is a listed building.
Visitors from all over the world are enchanted by the impressive frescoes in the green dome, which can even be viewed up close for a small fee.
An investment that is well worth it.
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Info about the Karlskirche
Address: 1040 Vienna
Phone: +43 01 5046187
Web: https://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/karlskirche
20. town hall
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The Vienna City Hall – the largest building along Vienna’s Ringstrasse – was built between 1872 and 1883 to designs by architect Friedrich von Schmidt and can be visited.
Various events take place on the Rathausplatz square in front of it, such as film screenings in summer or the world-famous Christmas market at Christmas time.
Every year, almost 5 million visitors enjoy the varied events.
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Information about the town hall
Address: Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1, 1010 Vienna
Phone: +43 01 4000
21st Burgtheater
The Burgtheater is one of the leading spoken theaters in the German-speaking world and the second oldest in Europe.
As the “Tagesspiegel” once reported, the Burgtheater is even the “richest and largest repertory theater in the world” according to the number of employees and the size of its annual budget. The boards that mean the world can also be viewed as part of a guided tour .
Don’t miss the Klimt frescoes on the grand staircase !
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Information about the Burgtheater
Address: Universitätsring 2, 1010 Vienna
Tel.: +43 01 514444545
E-mail: info@burgtheater.at
Web: https://www.burgtheater.at
22nd National Library
With more than 10.9 million works (including 3.9 million books), the National Library in Vienna is the largest library in the country.
According to the political borders, you will find all Austrian literature here, dating back to 1918. 686,415 visitors came to the baroque ceremonial hall of the Austrian National Library in 2019.
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Information about the National Library
Address: Josefsplatz 1, 1015 Vienna
Phone: +43 01 53410
E-mail: onb@onb.ac.at
Web: https://www.onb.ac.at
23rd Spanish Riding School
The Spanish Riding School with its Lipizzaners is an institution and the art of horsemanship is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Originally used for the equestrian training of the imperial family, it is now one of the most important institutions for equestrian education. Preservation of classical horsemanship.
2014 300,000 visitors were able to see this for themselves.
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Information about the Spanish Riding School
Address: Michaelerplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Phone: +43 01 5339031
E-mail: office@srs.at
Web: https://www.srs.at
24th City Park with Johann Strauss Monument
The city park on Vienna’s Ringstrasse was built in 1862 as the first public park .
With its 65,000 m², it invites locals and tourists alike to relax in nature.
Our tips: The big highlight is the golden monument to Johann Strauss Sohn, the Viennese waltz king. The Kursalon Hübner is also always worth a visit.
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Info about the city park
Address: Parkring 1, 1010 Vienna
Tel.: +43 01 40008042
25th Vienna Musikverein
The venue for the New Year’s concert! The large Musikvereinssaal impresses not only with its magnificent design, but also with its acoustics, which are appreciated by musicians and music lovers worldwide. A combination that only exists once.
More than 800,000 music lovers visit the Vienna Musikverein every year, either during a concert by the famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra or on a guided tour of the building.
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Info about the Vienna Musikverein
Address: Musikvereinsplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Phone: +43 01 5058190
E-mail: tickets@musikverein.at
Web: https://www.musikverein.at
26th Mozart House
The Mozart House is the only one of Mozart’s apartments still preserved in the city.
Visitors can take part in Mozart’s life here over several floors. 215,000 Mozart fans visited here in 2019 .
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Info about the Mozart House
Address: Domgasse 5, 1010 Vienna Phone: +43 01 5121791E-mail: office@mozarthausvienna.atWeb: https://www.mozarthausvienna.at27. anchor watch
The anchor watch is a A magnificent work of Viennese Art Nouveau.
The large music box The Helvetia Insurance House, located at Hoher Markt 10-11 in Vienna’s Old Town, displays time and history at the same time.
Every day at 12.00 noon, a small spectacle takes place on the Hoher Markt.
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28th Danube Tower
The 252-metre-high Danube Tower in Donaupark is the tallest building in Austria and offers a breathtaking view of the city.
It was built in 1962 for the Vienna International Garden Show. In 2017 , 450,000 visitors enjoyed this heavenly pleasure.
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29th Danube Island (summer)
The Danube Island is the leisure paradise of the Viennese.
21 km long and max.
up to 300 m wide, the man-made island is used for recreation, sport and fun.
In short: this is where real vacation feelings arise.
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30th Capuchin Crypt
The Capuchin Crypt is also known as the Imperial Crypt.
As the name suggests, emperors rest here – but not only emperors.
A total of 150 Habsburgs have been laid to rest here since the beginning of the 17th century.
To this day, there are still free places for the descendants of the Habsburgs.
The last visitor figures date from 2013 and amounted to 195,000 people.
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Information about the Capuchin Crypt
Address: Tegetthoffstraße 2, 1010 Vienna Tel.: +43 01 512685388E-mail: info@kapuzinergruft.comWeb: https://www.kapuzinergruft.com31st Vienna Central Cemetery
The Vienna Central Cemetery – the second largest cemetery in Europe – attracts many visitors.
The graves of honor of famous personalities, be they musicians, actors, politicians, architects, painters etc. are interestingly designed and fascinate both locals and international visitors. “Where is Falco’s grave ?” confirms the question about the grave with the highest frequency.
A map, a so-called orientation plan, is available at Entrance 2 and helps with orientation.
The Hearonymus app and the “Vienna Central Cemetery” audio guide can be used as a virtual tour guide.
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Information about the Vienna Central Cemetery
Address: Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, 1110 Vienna
Tel.: +43 01 5346928405
You have now got to know 30 sights in Vienna.
To sum up, there really is something for everyone in beautiful Vienna.
The tourist attractions in Vienna mentioned in this article inspire visitors of all ages.
Whether you are interested in art, music, history or architecture, whether you are traveling alone or with family and friends, there is always something to see and do in Vienna.
Be sure to add some of these places to your itinerary on your next visit to Austria’s capital!
And don’t forget to enjoy the city’s delicious food, wine and nightlife while you’re there!
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